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A central location, extensive transportation infrastructure, and a highly productive workforce prepared by one of the nation’s best training programs all make Clarendon County a perfect place for automotive companies.
Clarendon County offers easy access to the 12 automotive and all-terrain vehicle assembly plants within an eight-hour drive. Plus, the county is well-positioned to benefit from Central South Carolina’s growing automotive cluster, which includes Michelin, Siemens VDO, PBR, Modine, Dana, Bose, and American Koyo.
Clarendon County is centrally located on the East Coast, roughly halfway between New York and Miami. We’re within a day’s drive of most East Coast markets.
Clarendon County industries can access a Foreign Trade Zone through the Port of Charleston. This zone offers substantial cost-saving advantages for companies that import or export manufactured raw materials or products. There are many benefits to a Foreign Trade Zone:
- Duty is paid only when imports are shipped into customs territory or sold—this markedly improves cash-flow.
- Duties are not owed on labor, overhead, or profit attributable to production operations located in the zone.
- Spare parts may be stored, returned, or destroyed without paying duty.
- Delays in customs clearances and duty drawback procedures can be eliminated.
- No country of origin labels are required on merchandise admitted to the zone.
- Due to security, insurance rates are lower.
Clarendon County is intersected by I-95, the main north-south interstate corridor on the East Coast. I-20 and I-26 are less than 30 minutes away. The county is served by the CSX and Norfolk Southern rail lines, and the Port of Charleston is just an hour away.
South Carolina’s readySC™ program provides customized training at no cost to qualifying companies in the automotive industry. The program also offers recruiting, assessment, and management and implementation services to businesses creating new jobs with competitive wages and benefits.
The readySC™ program develops individual training programs to meet the requirements of each customer. Delivery options for training can include hands-on simulations of your working environment, virtual recreations, computer-based training, hand-held video delivery, one-on-one training and mentoring, and classroom training.
Examples of training topics include ISO 9000, Total Quality Management, Team Building, Supervisory Development Training, and Statistical Process Control.
Clarendon County workers are motivated and productive. South Carolina is a right-to-work state with one of the lowest unionization rates in the U.S., at 1.8%. Clarendon County’s unionization rate is 0.0%. But don't just take our word for it, click here for testimonials from the employers and the employees.